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Anticipated Effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Eradication of Chevron Deference on Employment Agency Rules

Last Friday, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court overruled a 40-year-old judicial deference doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” named after the 1984 Supreme Court ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which instructed courts that they should defer to federal administrative agencies’ readings on...

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How the Supreme Court’s Decision in Amgen v. Sanofi Impacts Pharmaceutical Patents

By: Nafsika Karavida On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (the “Court” or “SCOTUS”) handed down its decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (“Amgen/Sanofi” or the “Amgen case”) [1] , a fairly notorious case among pharmaceutical companies and patent nerds.  Amgen/Sanofi is about the so-called enablement...

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The Arbitrability of Non-Sexual Harassment Claims Under the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Act”

By Gregory Feit Our firm previously reported on the passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) (codified at 9 U.S.C. §§ 401-02), which amended the Federal Arbitration Act. Broadly speaking, the EFAA prohibits the compulsory enforcement of pre-dispute arbitration agreements with...

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Gonzalez v. Google: Supreme Court Case Puts Section 230 Immunity on the Line

“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”[1] These twenty-six words comprise Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act and have, since Congress’ 1996 enactment of the Act, provided internet companies with...

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The Supreme Court Rules to More Fairly Compensate Student-Athletes, Honoring the Work of Long-time RPJ Client and Friend Sonny Vaccaro

On Monday, June 21, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the NCAA in the case of “National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston,” entitling many elite student-athletes to additional scholarships and education-related compensations—a decision that honors the work of long-time RPJ client and friend Sonny Vaccaro. Mr. Vaccaro, most known for...

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RPJ Partner Larry Brocchini Notes U.S. Supreme Court’s Denial to Review Sexual Orientation Discrimination under Title VII

Supreme Court denies review for now, but will likely confront the issue at some point. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirming dismissal of a lesbian security guard’s Title VII discrimination claim based on her sexuality....

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